Machine for enveloping hemp or flax waste within a sliver of



i, UNLLLLU Janiney MACHINE FOR ENv'tLoPi'NG HMP on FLAx WASTE wiTHiN'A snvrn' ottenete sTAP'Lt.

:To all whom it moyroncern: f I.. Be 1t known that I, JonN IiErNwnnr., of.

. yiLouisville, Jefferson county, Kentucky, have Iinventeda'newand usefnl Mode ot' Utilizing' fHempdvaslc; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip- .'tion thereof', reference Vbeingl had to the acconipanying drawings, making part ot' this- `specification.

The manufacture of' hemp and flax is aecompaniedby the disengagement of a vast amount of tloccnlent matter, consisting for' the most' part ot' short filaments of the staple. This matter, althoughregarded as worse than useless, would greatly-belicht the ordinarystaple it incorporated into its substance, because of its superior richness in the glutinous principle on which the strength otl hempen and ilaxen fabrics mainly depends. lhis incorporation it is the objectoi' the present invention to effect.

Figure l isa portion ot' a lieinpcarding machine provided w'ith my in'iprovement. Fig'. 2 is a transverse section oi the same.

A represents n portion ot' the frame-worki on the deliveryside ot a hempfcallling nn`1' chine. B is a 4portioirot' the main card. -fis the'dofl'er. Bly-arc the take-ofi' rollers. 1111' are the delivery-rollers. l? is the table which supports the sliver on its passgrg'eftrom the take-ott' to the delivery-rollers., l

'lhe above 'parts may be'those ot' an ordinary cardingfmachir.

Attached toni-id rising from the main' frame are standards-G G', having; at or near their upper ends notches y, or other suitable bearings fora horizontal shaft, ll, which upholds and f'orms'a center' for'turning'- the hopper l when "desired, having ncarrits bottom a diaphragm, I', which basan oblong aperture or .slot i. 'lha-tportiou ot the shaft which. is wit-hin the hoppercarrics a cylinder, J, whose periphery is armed with teeth j, similar to 'those oi' a card. l

. Journaled horizontally in the hopper I are two c vlindrica'il brushes, K L,.o.t' `which -the brush K is situa-ted in contact with and more immcdiatel \v underthe cylinder J, so as to sweep the teeththereof, while the brush L is so situated as to coact with the brush K.

The cylinder J may beeleven inches in diameter between the outewnds of the teeth, :the brushes K and L being egl'z. inches diameter;

The cylinder J is rotated in direction of the arrow at the rate of thirty revolntioaspeg'mim .Jens nnrnwnnnn, or LoIsVrLLInKENTUCKY.

.pecilication forming part of Letters llntcnt No. 54,375, dated lllay l, lello; antcdated December 12, 1865.

nte, the'hrushes K and L being` rotated, as perarrows, at the rate of sixty and one hun; dred revolutions per minute, respectively.

M is a door, which, being lifted, enables 'the attendant to inspect the brushes and remove' any obstructions.

The entire hopper I may be tilted into the position indicated.by'dtted lines in Fig. 2, so as to enable a thorough examination and cleansing of th(` operative palt Sf.-.,A catch, N,"

holds thc hopper to its v rtic'al position. henl at work."`

"iOperaticn: The feeding mechanism having been set in motion and the hopper I charged with flock, small portions of the latter are continually caught, distributed, and drawn downward by the feeding'eylinder 1T, fromf whose teeth they are swept. by the brush K, whence they -arcremovcd by the rapidly-ro.. tatingbrush L, and are scattered loosely upon the upper surf'aee ot' the sliver, whose edges are curled upward and over by means ot' the fuiinel'shaped guide, (marked X.) con'ipletely enveloping` the flock, which thence passes forward in the forni ot' a' thin strand or core' il'. the center ofthe rev-ing. s

I have selected for illustration the form which practical test has proved to be effective, but do' not desire to restrict the invention to the precise arrangement herein described, as Marnusmmlitications are possible. 'For example, the llock feeding and distributing' mechanism may be applied atsome part of the card on the feed side ot' the taking-ott' rollers, and any approved form ot' feeding and distributing mechanism may bc uscdthat will scatter the flock in the requisite equable and attenuated condition upon the surface ot' the web, lap,'or sliver.

l claim herein as new and of my invention-1- l. The mode ofenvelopingthe waste of hem p or tiax in.a sliver of' th'e longerstanle, substantially as set forth.,i

2. The .provision morattachment to a hemp or lax earding machine ot' the flock feeding and distributing' mechanism l' J l L, substantially auch as described.

3. The fiockfceder capable of being partially rotatcdupon the shaft 1I for access to the delivering mechanism, in the manner explained f Intestnnou)- et' which invention l hereunto setmwl'rnd- Witnesses: JOHN LEINWEBE l.

' JOHN M. Sau'r'n,

Gauner: Dumm. 

